A 22-year-old Iowa man has died following a collision with a semitrailer in Goodhue County.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Jacob Paul Nelson, 22, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Impala northbound on Highway 57 around 6:50 p.m. Friday. He stopped at a stop sign, crossed U.S. Highway 52 traffic and failed to yield at a median yield sign.

In doing so, Nelson pulled in front of a 2018 Frieghtliner driven by 54-year-old Christopher John Small of Coon Rapids. The semi struck Nelson’s vehicle, killing Nelson’s passenger, 22-year-old Cody William Lloyd Squier, also of St. Ansgar.

Nelson suffered non-life threatening injuries and Small was not injured. All three people involved were wearing seatbelts and alcohol does not appear to have been a factor in the crash.

Will Ashenmacher was a part-time reporter at the Pioneer Press from 2011 to 2017.

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